1. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “ ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.
3. “ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net.
4. I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.
5. I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
6. I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7. When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
8. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign Lord.
9. I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known.
10. I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.
11. “ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.